GREENSBURG, Kansas - A Ford Escort hangs about 60 feet in the air and then it's dropped onto this building.
"The drop was really cool, it's just really neat that everyone could see that this house could last through something like that," said Charlsea Crotts, Greensburg resident.
And that's the point.
Armour homes decided to do this unique demonstration to show how strong Greensburg's first silo-eco home is.
Even 160 thousand pounds of impact force couldn't put a dent in the building.
"There's no damage to this roof at all and having a car dropped on a normal roof would have a lot of damage."
After the massive EF-5 hit nearly two years ago, a grain elevator was one of the few buildings left standing, and that's what this new eco-home is modeled after.
With a concrete roof and walls, the structure is a hardened shell.
"Our walls can take up to 200 mile an hour plus, and that's in the roof, so that's the big difference with ours, is the roof is as strong as the walls," said Dave Moffitt, Armour Homes.
Should another tornado come tearing through the town, flying debris and vehicles haven't got a chance of destroying this structure.
"It's painful for the car, lets put it that way."
A home fit to reflect Greensburg's new motto of building better, stronger and greener.
